Our Services

O’Shea Builders is the leading commercial construction services provider in Central Illinois. We proudly serve our community with a comprehensive range of construction services: Construction Management, Design Build, General Contracting, Specialty Contracting (Steel and Civil), and Building Services and Maintenance.

Construction Management

As your Construction Management partner, our team can help you achieve the best value project, providing cost information to guide the design toward your budget. We also offer a robust planning process to identify potential projects risks and challenges. By identifying risks up front, the design and construction operations plan can be aligned to offer the most optimal design from a cost, schedule, and quality perspective. An important advantage to this delivery method is that typically the costs are presented as a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), minimizing your risk if the project goes over budget and providing you with potential savings if the project is under budget.

At A Glance

  • Contracting Method: Owner direct to Contractor, Owner direct to Designer
  • Contractor Collaboration: Early, starts at beginning of the Design
  • Overall Timeline: Faster than General Contracting method
  • Opportunity to Positively Influence Project: High
  • Cost: Better visibility into complete project cost/potential benefits of GMP
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Design Build

As your Design-Build partner, O'Shea Builders serves as your single point of contact for both the design and construction phases of the project and manages all contracts, including the architect. The main benefit of Design-Build is the builder is brought into the planning and design process early to offer insight into cost, schedule and overall practicality. This collaboration helps drive greater value into your project, maximizing your investment.

Another advantage to this delivery method is that costs are typically presented as a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), minimizing your risk if the project goes over budget and providing you with potential savings if the project is under budget.

At A Glance

  • Contracting Method: Owner direct to Contractor, Designer direct to Contractor
  • Contractor Collaboration: Early, starts at the beginning of the Design.
  • Overall Timeline: Typically fast-track
  • Opportunity to Positively Influence Project: High
  • Cost: Better visibility into project cost/potential benefits of GMP
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General Contracting (Design-Bid-Build)

In this traditional project delivery method, the Design team and Contractor work for the Owner under separate contracts. When the design is completed, it is distributed to Contractors to provide a bid. Because the Contractor is not being brought into the collaboration until after the design has been completed, there is little opportunity to make any design or constructability changes that would benefit the project cost, quality, and schedule.

At A Glance

  • Contracting Method: Owner direct to Designer, Owner direct to Contractor
  • Contractor Collaboration: Late, starts after Design is complete.
  • Overall Timeline: Typically longer, subject to delay
  • Opportunity to Positively Influence Project: Low
  • Cost: Low upfront but higher probability for change orders
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Building Services

Our Building Services team specializes in small renovations and maintenance projects of every size, from replacing a door frame to renovating an office. And when you need a quick response to an emergency, our team can get you back up and running after damage from a storm, accident or other unexpected occurrence.

• Interior & Exterior Maintenance
• Office Remodels & Buildouts
• Healthcare Facility Upgrades
• Retail Space Buildouts
• Cabinets & Countertops
• Doors, Frames & Hardware
• Storm & Water Damage Repair
• Structural Repairs
• Emergency Building Repairs

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Steel

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The O’Shea Steel Team has built a reputation for quality and commitment that our clients can rely on in Central Illinois. From 60-ton cranes to small hand hoists, we are outfitted in-house to provide services for projects of all sizes with on time delivery and skilled craftsmanship.

Our certification through the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) shows our commitment to safety and quality. With our in-house Certified Welding Inspector (CWI), we know that our services will exceed industry standards. Our dedicated steel team is ready to get started on your next project.

  • Structural Steel
  • Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings
  • Metal Decking
  • Nelson Stud Welding
  • Heavy Machinery Placing
  • Pre-Cast Concrete
  • Concrete Reinforcement
  • Custom Fabrications
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Civil

With a client-first mentality for everything we do, our qualified and safe workforce uses lean principles to provide schedule certainty. You can always count on the accuracy and efficiency of your project because of O’Shea’s commitment to using the latest technology and equipment.

What We Bring to the Table

Concrete:

  • Site Paving
  • Sidewalks
  • Handicamp Ramps
  • Curbs and gutters
  • Site furnishings

Excavation:

  • Earthwork and mass grading
  • Site cuts and fills
  • GPS-assisted site calculated files to establish grade

Underground Site Utilities:

  • Storm and sanitation sewers
  • Storm water detention systems

Demolition:

  • Site clearing
  • Structural building demolition
  • Site utility removal

 

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